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Clarks Village wins green award

Clarks Village Outlet Shopping Centre in Somerset has been awarded the prestigious Green Apple Environment Award.

Clarks Village, which is managed by specialist retail property management, REALM Limited, on behalf of Hermes and LaSalle, was presented with the award at an exclusive ceremony in Westminster. They received the award for outstanding contribution to an environmental project that allows for the outlet centre to develop multiple recycling streams.

The Green Apple Environment Award is a national campaign that rewards Britain's greenest companies, councils and communities. Clarks Village competed against over 500 other nominees to win the accolade.

Five years ago the outlet village had a three-stream recycling system and diverted almost 60% from landfill and now recycles twenty four streams, which equates to almost 90% recycling.

The ceremony was hosted by The Rt Hon Liz Kendall, MP, with presentations made by Chris Hopkins of Ploughcroft Solar.

John Turner deputy centre manager at Clarks Village commented: "We are absolutely delighted with the award and the recognition for all the hard work that the team has put into this project. It's been a monumental task in changing behaviours and re-training staff to separate all of the rubbish, made more difficult when you have over 90 stores!"

"This does also send out a very clear message of the importance of good environmental strategy within all of our businesses and how it can benefit a business commercially. We have not only diverted over 540 tonnes of waste to landfill annually now for the last three years but just as importantly we divert 110 tonnes of carbon dioxide from going into the atmosphere annually and have generated enough electricity for two years running that would fuel on average, three family homes for one year."

Following its success, Clarks Village is now in the running to be entered into the Brussels led European Business Awards for the Environment. The Green Apple Awards is one of the few accredited feeder schemes into the European awards.

National organiser Roger Wolens added: "To show continued interest in environmental issues during the current financial climate shows great foresight and they deserve the recognition of being Green Apple Award winners."

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